WHO was St John the Divine?
For an Anglo-Scot Protestant with NO forced religious upbringing – Why do I understand/get/feel THE Bible? No ideer :o( Greta Brookes: 24th Aug 2019 Anti – programming?
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Godred Crovan (died 1095), known in Gaelic as Gofraid Crobán, Gofraid Meránach, and Gofraid Méránach
Wiki : Godred Crovan Oh my Giddy Aunt. MAJOR download just came in!!! I’ve spent ages researching Godred Crovan. Viking. Ireland. Isle of Man etc etc. He has Always attracted me. I was sooooo pissed off when I learned that he’d died before 1098 – when my novel (in progress?) Ravens of Dinefwr starts. […]
Read MoreLatimer
A largely unknown Hidden History FACT here for anyone named Latimer. I’ve researched the original Latimers. The TITLE not the PERSONAL NAME!!!!! They were Celtic storytellers (Oh! Bards? Ovates?) who regularly travelled to France with their old oral myths and legends. I WILL NOT be sharing these sources but – the little known fact […]
Read MoreMud & Stud
There I was, doing something completely different, when the above popped up. It’s a photocopy of the record of my place, given to me by my village friend. 1625 entry is my home. This belongs to a huge list of old mud and stud rectories, vicarages and parsonages in the county. So far – this […]
Read MoreCastration and Blinding
There’s a theme that runs through all of Middle Ages history. A Very Ugly Theme. There seems to’ve been an excessive obsession with blinding and castrating men! This lasted up until the Renaissance – and maybe a little beyond. Hywel, younger brother of Gruffydd ap Rhys was captured by the Normans in 1098. He spent […]
Read MoreSherlock Holmes Faces Death
Don’t Start! I know that this is a complete travesty of Conan Doyle’s original story but I have a soft spot for these two. Maybe an UnHolywood product but clues abound ? Doors. Black cat. Crow. Ghost. Dungeon/Crypt. PTSD. Knitting (!) Secret passages. Clock strikes 13. Euston. Spooky Music. Vaccination. Chess. Ritual. Arches. Northumberland. Shooting […]
Read MoreJohn Heywood
I LOVE the fact that I’ve spent most of my life researching history. I LOVE the fact that a large part of the time has been spent in the 16th/17th cc. I LOVE the fact that I love proverbs/literature/poets and playwrights. I LOVE full stop. Wiki : John Heywood So many “famous” proverbs. What […]
Read MoreHidden History of the British Isles – Part 11
It took ME a very long time to get to the writing of this post. And almost a year later – Whatever! Greta Brookes : 10th May 2019
Read MoreSeptic Peg Predicts
That this comment below will go Poof into the yt aether as soon as FEB sees it :o( And I raise you an insane Brian :o)
Read MoreMeet the Ancestors
If there were any old red telephone boxes left in the village, I’d run in. Twirl. And exit with my undies over my trews!!! One of my closest friends in the village (no longer here. That’s her. Not the village!) did a degree course at Bishop Grossteste’s on Heritage/Archaeology/etc. She did very well. A great […]
Read MoreFrom Constantinople to Cornwall
OK. I can do this! I WILL take on Baldrick and Team Time and MainstreamTV. What the fluff???
Read MoreBrick Bonds via The Heritage Directory
“They” say 17th century. I beg to differ :o) Brick Bonds T4 – Alt-Archi-Doc-Maker. Fabulous :o)
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